A fairy tale evening for adults to really get into the Christmas spirit, together with the

* German Fairy Tale Route, the
* Embassy of Denmark, the
* Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) and
* Les Amis de l’Alsace en Autriche (Friends of Alsace in Austria).

For the first time this year, donations will be collected for St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research!

After a magical French horn intro (Tobias March), opening by director Doris Zametzer with »Sterntaler«. This is followed by fairy tales in German and other languages ​​from fascinating perspectives around the world:

6:45 p.m. “Schab den Rüssel” fairy tale from Vienna (read by Marie-Sophie Iontcheva)

7:00 p.m. “Païne and the Fire Spirit Tsche-Urve” Mapuche fairy tale from Chile (Andrea Eberl / Latin America Institute LAI)

7:15 p.m. “The Snow Queen” fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (Sanne Damm-Ruzicka)

7:30 p.m. “The Three Brothers and the Hidden Door” (fairy tale by Mo Abdullahi / VHS Landstraße)

7:45 ​​p.m. “The Three Robbers” fairy tale by Tomi Ungerer from Alsace (Lisa Varouxis)

Interview with Andrea Prantl from the Honorary Committee of St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research, followed by a musical interlude by “The Big Chance” participant Maya Filimon (soprano, on the piano David Roeck).

8:05 p.m. “The Guardian of the Vienna River” (fairy tale by Yvonne Gundacker / Penzinger Literature Prize 2024)
8:15 p.m. “The Little Match Girl” Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (Sanne Damm-Ruzicka)
8:25 p.m. “The Soup Pot” (fairy tale by Heidi Wimmer / Writing Workshop VHS Landstraße)
8:35 p.m. “How a Cossack taught an arbitrary landlord a lesson” (Jak kozak dav urok svojemu panu) Fairy tale from Ukraine (Denys Foka)
8:45 p.m. “The Lion” Story by Sławomir Mrożek (Liliana Niesielska)
8:55 p.m. Fairy tale from the book “Christmas is Everywhere” published in 2023 (Timna Brauer)

Followed by a fairy tale from North America sung by Ella Stern and yet from France and musical finale with her, Timna Brauer, Linda Davies, moderator Mario Lackner and everyone who wants to sing along (David Roeck on the piano):

»Christmas is here!«

The FAIRYtale world tour began on December 21st, 2022 with two fairy tale marathons in the VHS Landstraße to mark 210 years of the first publication of the Grimm collection of European children’s and household tales at Christmas 1812 (star guest: Lucy McEvil, musical director: Teresa Bauer).

Two more marathons followed on December 20th, 2023 in the Vienna Urania (star guest: Timna Brauer, musical director: Ernesto Insam with Mario Lackner).

Expected next FAIRY TALE world tour:
Monday, December 22nd, 2025 / VHS Vienna Urania